Biografie

Nato(a): 21 novembre 1904, St. Joseph, MO

Genere: Jazz

Anni di attività: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s

Coleman Hawkins was the first important tenor saxophonist and he remains one of the greatest of all time. A consistently modern improviser whose knowledge of chords and harmonies was encyclopedic, Hawkins had a 40-year prime...